Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #1
Penguin: Pain & Prejudice » Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #1 - Cold World released by DC Comics on December 2011.
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5 (2) 4 (1) 3 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 4.8 starsAverage score of 3 user reviews
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And a Colder Man 0
At first I was somewhat put off by the beginning due to it being ripped from Batman Returns but as the story progresses we are treated to the story of Penguins youth and how he was the sweet quiet boy that just happened to be malformed. We get a look at where his psychosis comes from and why he has an affection for penguins. It's a slow paced telling of a young boy falling into the depths to do what is needed to make his life better. The insight that Penguin can not raise above the actions of le...
6 out of 8 found this review helpful. -
Wah Wah Wah! 6
Hurwitz has done something I didn't think could be done - he kept Penguin's "wah wah wah" squawk and also made him into a menacing criminal. Penguin's been (from my various exposures to his character) a hard character to portray well. I think the idea (perhaps originating around the time of Batman: The Animated Series) of making him a gangster with a night club as a front has worked well. But this is the first book to make me care about the Penguin.It starts off with his youth and showed that on...
5 out of 5 found this review helpful. -
Cold Cold World For A Penguin 0
The Story: Moments of Penguin's childhood are revealed. Penguin has his men steal the Dragon Egg Ruby for his mother. My Thoughts:Gregg Hurwitz managed to do something similar that Geoff Johns recently did with Aquaman, he made a character who is often criticized look awesome. Hurwitz showed readers Penguin is a serious villain and kingpin of crime. He made him feared by all and did quite a good job in doing that. I actually liked seeing flashbacks of Penguin's childhood. We learn about not on...
4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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